This Friday Robert Smith will be playing a piano recital at Somerville Chapel at 1:15pm. This final lunchtime recital of the academic year 2013/2014 will feature works by Händel, Schubert and Ireland. Please see the Facebook event and the recitals page for further details.The lunchtime recital series will resume in Michaelmas Term.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Brian McAlea and Emily Bootle have had to cancel today's lunchtime recital. We will try to reschedule the concert for later this term or next year.Stefan Schwarz(SMS Recitals Coordinator)

This week's SMS lunchtime recital will feature Brian McAlea (baritone), a second-year music student at New College and member of the world-famous New College Choir. He will be accompanied by Emily Bootle (piano).Brian will be singing a selection of English songs (mostly Shakespeare settings) by Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Finzi, Quilter and Britten.

This evening there is the Margaret Irene Scholars' Recital at 8pm in Somerville Chapel withperformances from Josephine Robertson (violin), Charlotte McLean (recorder) and Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), accompanied by Douglas Knight (piano). It will be a really amazing recital and includes music by Telemann, Macguire, Brahms and Wolf.Charlie McLean(SMS President)

This Friday first-year music student Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano) will be presenting a preview of her exam recital which will include works by Mozart, Gluck, Händel, Brahms and Wolf. She will be accompanied by Somerville's former Senior Organ Scholar, Douglas Knight.The programme is available for download from our recitals page.

On Friday at 6pm the Choir of Somerville College and Somerville Music Society will be presenting West End Favourites and Film Music, a gala concert in aid of the choir's US tour.

Members of the Choir of Somerville College, Robert Smith (organ/piano) and special guest star David Crown (baritone) perform a selection of favourite show tunes and film music. The concert features extracts from The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Cats, Star Wars and Show Boat as well as 'One Day More', the rousing finale from Act I of Les Misérables. See the Facebook event for full details of the programme.